Health

US declares public health emergency for CNMI and Guam after Super Typhoon Bavi

The emergency declaration will allow US federal authorities to expand healthcare support and emergency response efforts.

Vape packaging and flavouring face restrictions under UK plans to reduce appeal to children

Ministers consider bringing e-cigarette laws in line with tobacco as data shows 20% of teenagers have tried vaping Vapes could be sold in plain packaging as part of a range of proposals to stop them being marketed to children. The UK-wide…

DJ and broadcaster Paul Gambaccini reveals Alzheimer’s diagnosis

Presenter, 77, says ‘for now life goes on as normal and I continue to broadcast’ as he shares diagnosis received in 2025 The longtime radio and TV broadcaster Paul Gambaccini has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The 77-year-old…

Hardship: APM asks FG to account for Proceeds of Subsidy Removal

The Allied People’s Movement (APM) has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration to immediately provide Nigerians with a comprehensive account of the trillions of naira realized from the removal of fuel subsidy since May…

Bonnie Tyler, ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ singer, has died at 75

Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star whose 1983 chart-topping power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart” enchanted succeeding generations with its bombastic charms during solar and lunar eclipses, has died. She…

Aviation pioneer, who was oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87. Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living facility in the Dallas and Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine…

Commentary: Two nursing home licences revoked in two weeks - a warning super-aged Singapore cannot ignore

With two nursing homes getting their licences revoked due to care and safety concerns, Singapore must do more before the next lapse forces the issue, say public health professionals Dr Jeremy Lim and Isabella Burton.

'I was needle spiked in a nightclub on my first holiday with friends'

Teenage footballer Taylor Coulter needed hospital treatment after being injected by a stranger in the Spanish resort of Magaluf.

Romualdez camp: Bonoan being pressured to testify

MANILA, Philippines — Former Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan might have been pressured to turn state witness in the flood control corruption scandal and implicate Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, a spokesperson for the former…

Murder arrest after man, 18, dies in crash between car and off-road bike

A man from Swansea was pronounced dead at the scene, while another man, aged 19, was taken to hospital.

Desk jobs could be a silent cancer risk — morning workouts may not be enough

Once-a-week insulin shots arrive in India; but not for all: Doctors

Indian patients now have access to a new once-weekly insulin alternative. This drug offers a significant reduction in injections from daily to just 52 days annually. Doctors see this as an expansion of treatment options rather than a…